INVENTORY MANAGEMENT CLERK

Houston, Texas
City of Houston

APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FROM: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED

DIVISION: RECREATION & WELLNESS
WORKDAYS & HOURS: VARIOUS
Subject to change

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
The Houston Parks and Recreation Department is dedicated to building a sustainable community and enhancing the quality of urban life by providing safe well-maintained parks and offering affordable programming for our community. To achieve this mission, HPARD is seeking an Inventory Management Clerk to join its Recreation & Wellness Team.

The potential candidate will play a role in the following duties:

• Receives, unloads, unpacks, shelves, distributes, and delivers incoming parts, tools, materials, supplies, equipment, inventory, etc.
• May assist with moving and loading a surplus property.
• Compares and verifies incoming inventory for quality, quantity, accuracy, and suitability against invoices, purchase orders, packing slips, specifications, etc.
• May resolve discrepancies.
• Creates and maintains records, logs, etc. of materials received, stored, issued, delivered, or distributed.
• Performs data entry using a purchasing and inventory control system.
• Performs follow-up to expedite delivery, receipt, and payment of inventory and materials.
• Maintains storerooms, warehouses, and storage areas in a clean, orderly, safe, and secure condition.
• Ensures the safety and security of materials, supplies, and property.
• Performs periodic physical inventory counts and reconciles counts with inventory records.
• Receives, stores, and issues hand tools, machine tools, parts, and other equipment.
• Tracks tools, parts, equipment, and inventory issued to and returned by workers. Searches for lost or misplaced tools and equipment.
• May perform minor equipment and machinery maintenance or assist in the coordination of external equipment maintenance and repair.
• Assists in the determination and disposal of expired, spoiled, damaged or obsolete items or inventory.
• Receives and dispatches messages and work orders by telephone or radio to various City work crews.
• Maintains logs and records of messages and work orders received, transmitted or completed.
• Performs other duties as requested.

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL EFFORT AND SKILLS
There are routine discomforts from exposure to moderate heat, cold, moisture/wetness and unpleasant air conditions. The position may involve routine exposure to soiled materials and light chemical substances such as cleaning solutions.

The position involves considerable physical exertion, such as regular climbing of ladders, lifting of heavy objects (up to 80 pounds) on a highly frequent basis and/or assuming awkward positions for long periods of time.

Requires the ability to make coordinated gross motor movements in response to changing external stimuli within moderately demanding tolerances; or the ability to make coordinated eye/hand movements on a patterned response space within low tolerance demands with no real speed requirements.